Posted by tealady on October 12, 2003, at 20:16:44
In reply to Re: whats the typical cytomel dosage for depressio » tealady, posted by loolot on October 12, 2003, at 16:54:35
> Thanks tealady. I appreciate it. I am cutting down a little to see how I do, and I am going to feel it out.
> Hopefully I wont get too hyper, I feel okay though.
> After my period my energy level went way up again, so I need to figure out how to adjust (maybe lower or go off?) the thyroid during my periodWhen my FT3 levels were highish..I found I had to drop my thyroid hormone intake a little during periods..or I'd get dreadful anxiety(really bad around day 5, 6)..and also had to increase thyroid hormones a bit from day 18 onwards. Quite a few do
Even cutting down from 25mcg to 20mcg makes a big diff...and you could try taking the 25mcg broken into twice a day dosing..so the "hit" isn't so hard.
I used to use the extra bits I didn't take during menses as additional doses during days 18 onwards, when you have more binding of thyroid hormones due to the extra estrogen/progesterone etc. <g>.
At present I've cut back , so my FT3 isn't so highish and added in some T4..but the depression does worsen, as well as other symptoms..and I'm "fiddling" with other hormones, so I don't get this affect any moreGood luck, but if you do manage to get blood tests, get them taken when you feel bad during your menses
Jan
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